Manningtree railway station
Manningtree 
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| Location | |
| Place | Lawford |
| Local authority | Tendring |
| Grid reference | TM093322 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MNG |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.983 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.093 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.154 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.169 million |
| 2015/16 |
 1.125 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1846 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Manningtree from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Manningtree railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Manningtree, Essex. It is 59 miles 35 chains (95.7 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Colchester to the west and Ipswich to the east. It is also the western terminus of the Mayflower Line, where the branch joins the GEML. The following station on the branch is Mistley.
Manningtree's three-letter station code is MNG. The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station.
The station was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1846 but rebuilt by the Great Eastern Railway in 1899–1901; this building survives. It was designed by W. N. Ashbee.
Immediately east of the station there is a triangle of junctions, known as the Manningtree South, North and East junctions and originally each double-track junction was controlled by an individual signal box. In 1926 the London and North Eastern Railway installed a new power box at Manningtree South which controlled all three junctions. Today, the north to east curve connecting Ipswich with Harwich Town is a single track, having been reduced from double-track. All three sides of the triangle are electrified.
A second peculiar feature just east of the station is a combination of a road underpass and a level crossing. The underpass has limited height and the parallel level crossing is needed to permit higher vehicles to cross the railway.
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